Music of Tajikistan

Central Asian music
China (Xinjiang)
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Tajik music is closely related to Uzbek music and other Central Asian forms. The classical music is shashmaqam, which is very similar to Uzbek music. Southern Tajikistan has a distinctive form of folk music called falak, which is played at celebrtions for weddings, circumcisions and other occasions.

List of Tajik musicians:

  • Barno Itzhakova
  • Davlatmand Kholor

References

  • Broughton, Simon and Sultanova, Razia. "Bards of the Golden Road". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 24-31. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0





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